Inventory management for businesses that don’t manufacture
Distributors, wholesalers, and ecommerce brands need the same visibility and control as manufacturers without the production floor features. Katana delivers exactly that.
Sync inventory across all channels
Sell on Shopify, Amazon, wholesale, and more. Katana keeps stock levels accurate everywhere—automatically.
Track stock across all locations
Multiple warehouses, 3PLs, retail locations. See it all in one place with real-time accuracy.
Real inventory control. Manufacturing optional
Most inventory software assumes you’re running a production floor. That means features you’ll never use, complexity you don’t need, and a system that doesn’t quite fit how you work.
Katana is different. We built for all product businesses and that includes the growing number of companies that source finished goods, distribute products, or sell across multiple channels without manufacturing anything.
Katana offers key features non-manufacturers actually need
- Real-time inventory accuracy: Know what’s in stock, what’s allocated to orders, and what’s on the way from suppliers, updated automatically across all sales channels
- Multi-channel order management: Selling on Shopify? Amazon? WooCommerce? Katana syncs orders from all channels into one place.
- Purchase order control: When you don’t manufacture, purchasing is your production. Create POs, track shipments, receive goods, and update inventory automatically.
- Warehouse operations: Pick, pack, and ship efficiently with barcode scanning, bin location management, and mobile apps for warehouse staff.
Keep every sales channel in sync
When you sell on multiple platforms, inventory sync isn’t optional, it’s essential. Katana connects to your sales channels and keeps stock levels accurate everywhere, in real-time.
Multi-channel inventory features
- Connect Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Amazon, and more
- Automatic inventory updates when orders come in or stock changes
- Prevent overselling with real-time available quantity calculations
- Manage channel-specific pricing and allocations
- Centralized order view across all platforms
- Push inventory updates to channels in real-time
Buy smarter, stock better
For non-manufacturing inventory management, purchasing is everything. Your ability to keep products in stock depends on knowing what to order, when to order, and from whom.
Purchase order management includes:
- Create and track purchase orders to suppliers
- Set reorder points and get low-stock alerts
- Receive goods and update inventory automatically
- Track supplier performance and lead times
- Manage costs and maintain healthy margins
- Combine with demand forecasting to predict what you’ll need before you run out
See all your stock in one place
Whether you have one warehouse or ten, retail stores or 3PL partners, Katana’s multi-location inventory gives you complete visibility.
Multi-location capabilities:
- Location tracking: Track inventory across warehouses, stores, and fulfillment centers
- Stock transfers: Move inventory between locations with full tracking
- Location-based fulfillment: Allocate inventory by location for optimized shipping
- Real-time updates: Monitor stock levels and movements as they happen
Stay on top of every order and stock movement with live updates across sales, inventory, and production
Save hours by automating order fulfillment in Katana and extending workflows with integrations
Unlock full customization with Katana’s robust API, connecting every tool to your unique workflows
Tools to success
Tools for inventory success
Everything ecommerce brands, retailers, wholesalers, and distributors need to manage stock, orders, and fulfillment.
All Katana features
All Katana features
With the right software and workflows, it will feel like your products are selling themselves. Here are just some of Katana’s features that will make that feeling achievable
Purchasing
Maintain a perfect balance between supply and demand.
Order management
Manage orders seamlessly across all of your channels.
Warehousing
Reliably move stock in and out of warehouses.
Manufacturing
See, control and deliver every step of production on time.
See all features
Everything you need to sync inventory and track orders
Frequently asked questions
No. Katana is designed for product businesses of all types. If you manage physical inventory, whether you make it, buy it, or both, Katana helps you track stock, manage orders, and run your operation efficiently. Many of our customers don’t manufacture anything. See how distributors and ecommerce brands use Katana.
Absolutely. Katana’s core strengths—real-time inventory tracking, purchase order management, multi-channel sales sync, and warehouse operations—don’t require manufacturing. You can use Katana purely for buying, stocking, and selling finished goods.
Traditional MRP systems focus heavily on production planning and manufacturing workflows. Katana includes those capabilities, but also works as a standalone inventory and order management system. You can use as much or as little of the manufacturing functionality as you need.
Katana started by helping small manufacturers get control of their operations. But we quickly realized that the same visibility and control matters to businesses that don’t manufacture. Today, we serve manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and ecommerce brands—MRP features included but not required.
It depends on your needs. If you’re managing inventory across multiple locations or sales channels, dealing with purchase orders, or need accurate stock counts in real time, Katana makes that easy. If you’re tracking a handful of products in one location, simpler tools might suffice.
Yes. Katana’s manufacturing capabilities are available whenever you need them. Some customers start as pure distributors or resellers, then add production later. Others begin outsourcing to contract manufacturers as they scale. Katana grows with you.
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